- An improperly installed child restraint
can interfere with the airbag as it de-
ploys and seriously injure or even kill the
child - even with an Advanced Airbag
System .
- Always carefully follow the manufactur-
er's instructions provided with the child
seat or carrier .
- Never place additional items on the seat
that can increase the total weight regis-
tered by the weight-sensing mat and can
cause injury in a crash .
Front airbags
Description of front airbags
The airbag system can provide supplemental
protection to properly restrained front seat
occupants.
Fig. 165 Location of driver a irbag: in stee ring wheel
Fig. 166 Location of front passenger's airbag: in the in-
strument panel
Your vehicle is equipped with an "Advanced
Airbag System" in compliance with United
States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard
(FMVSS) 208 as applicable at the time your
vehicle was manufactured. The system senses
the position of the front seats and controls
front airbag inflation with a valve, depending
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on the distance between the respective seat
and the steering wheel or instrument panel.
The safety belts for the seats have "preten-
sioners" that help to take slack out of the belt
system. The pretensioners are also activated
by the electronic control unit for the airbag
system.
The front safety belts also have load limiters
to help reduce the forces applied to the body
in a crash .
The airbag for the driver is in the steering
wheel hub ¢
fig. 165 and the airbag for the
front passenger is in the instrument panel
¢ fig. 166. The general location of the airbags
is marked "AIRBAG".
There is a lot you need to know about the air-
bags in your vehicle. We urge you to read the
detailed information about airbags, safety
belts and child safety in this and the other
chapters that make up the owner's literature.
Please be sure to heed the WARNINGS - they
are extremely important for your safety and
the safety of your passengers, especially in-
fants and small children.
Never rely on airbags alone for protection.
- Even when they deploy, airbags provide
only supplemental protect ion .
- Airbag work most effective ly when used
with properly worn safety belts.
- Therefore, always wear your safety belts
and make sure that eve rybody in your ve-
hicle is properly restrained .
&_ WARNING
A person on the front passenger seat, es-
pec ially infants and sma ll children, will re-
ceive serious injuries and can even be kil-
led by being too close to the airbag when
it inflates .
- Although the Advanced Airbag System in
your vehicle is designed to turn off the
front passenger airbag if an infant or a
small child is on the front passenger
seat, nobody can absolutely guarantee
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